The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-22

VI iofcS" coPis"ss .1'isSJ suAs oSAoiASs W snVso
haiistarveo peasants.
understand that this question Of homo rule
| and local self-government on the part Of the
Irish simply means that this land that was taken
from them BY force and fraud, BY violence, to
pay the tardy wages Of dishonor shall be re-
stored 70 the men VINO cultivate ana VINO ought
70 own u. In othef "ofus, u snaii DC nxeo Ten
ure ana nee iand-and fair rent ana notning
more, ana am mere W-niSns - eIa1en OF
Kansas ior tne purpose OF oaooine Hoospooo 70
the men tnat arc mere pressing TINS new gospei
OF Pesco upon tne astenuoh OF the tories on
| oross Dnt.'n. , nsso nosEu' s'r' ~ various
| guar nave seen u snnOunceu IN many
| ratner Consequcnusi pspeIs ens' 'nis Was
matter .nos Concorneo me nnusn PcoPie aione
sn0 .uas ~ .as vioi.tion =, ING in'ernationol
CO@.y lot nmetlCSns 70 satner IN sssemuisees
nHe 'nis "no ior Amoocans noiolne onnelai posi-
'lon. e1ps ..eees uP"n vae ere.'
EuY Nno~ .. ~ esson, MT Iesiucn .
ILL., ny A r 0 S n.S ~. o.'"s u.setoes IN "is
| eIois soous uIon. D."n. lAPp,aus1:l
sM ueseenuan. VI EnsusaInen naysen Lncre
no, uroP .. o'oou .nst howl my veins
~. sles = Nv S, W. "uou my "ss-ous .ne.e -
not uroPo Oh oioou tnst nows IN my veins tnat
ooesnt nov rom an Enghsn origin, out II
comes IIom INC Enensnmcn 'nss tnree centu-
| TICS eso neu hoh tno sume tyranny anu OPP
| PIoss,ou INA. Sree' nrIn 10 Trying W 'is's
upon ireiaho 'o-osy tAppiause.J
am not mere ior the purpose or with the IN
tention OF violating international comfy
Laughter ana applause,l hesitate 70 believe
| tnas 90 30 oy expressing the CONVICTIONS tnas
hold In common with ninety-nine one
nundredths OF the American people on this sub
| 1ect. lAppiauso.t
am not to be moved. SIR, by tho eontemptu-
Gus and cOntumelious sneer about twisting the
! cordial appendage Of the British Hon. tGroat
| applause.] There are Americans yet living who
Il ami - ALI AHA III "a
burn defenseiess capitol! There arc those
who saw the capitol building Of this country in
flames nom the torch applied in violstion Of al
| the laws OF war, In violation OF every principle
| OF international comfy after the last armed foe
had RETIRED and who saw the drunken and bru-
| tai commander take the seat OF the Speaker Of
the douse OF Representatives and NIL the chairs
| before him with his minions. declaring that
| they were the Representatives OF the destroyed
and ruined States, and amid cheers and uproar
ana din and ciamor declare the perpetual disco
luton and destruction OF the American union!
| do not think that America need speak with
bated breath and deny the brotherhood to-
| ward Ireland, or towards any Of tho people
that for centuries Great Britain has oppressed
and destroyed. Not single one OF the
! public buildings In the city OF WashinRtOn.
| even to the White House, or Executive
| Mansion, occupied by the President, was
spared In that sack and destruction that has oc.
CURED within the memory OF living men. Who
has forgotten, Sir, either, the conduct OF Great
| Britain toward this country during the terrible
ordeal Of our civil strife (applausel and do not
speak, sir, OF the great middle class Of English
men. 10000 Of whom gathered last night in
Hyde Park to protest against the atrocities con-
templated by Salisbury and his Tory associates
| in the British Parliament! I remember with
| pleasure, also, that in the great contest which
has been had upon this question. when this sub
,A~N SnA -.
their decision. that In the great monumental
| struggle which occurred on the question of
home rule for Ireland out of . poll Of more than
three millions the proposition was lost by q
majority of only little over 100 OOO Applause
No. sir. il is not OF them speak, but it is of
that Tory class OF legislators who have been in
all ages the unyielding foes of home rule, In
| that struggle waged on this continent for the
purpose Of securing new birth or regeneration
of liberty upon this SOIL every thing that could
be done by way Of governmental Intervention
short OF the open declaration Of war was re-
sorted to by the British governing classes for
the purpose of DESTROYING this country
and rendering free government upon
this earth q failure. They coouetted
with the South and deluded them with
o spacious and fallacious covert of recognition.
And they violated every prineiple of interna-
tional law against the North. and when fearing
the precedent that might be established in the
next war that they might wage, unless their ex-
ample were made the subject of reprobation,
they yielded to the demand for the treaty of
Washington and reluctantly paid us SIS 10000
by way Of reparation. and then they stole
Is. 5OOO O back again under the award OF Hail.
fax, [applausel and that 5JOOOD that COM
PLEASANT umpire from Belgium, selected ut the
demand Of the British Minister agreed that
was the price tina. We were to paw for the priyi-
ege Of Canadian fisheries, as everybody knows
.l.,I
amount and we did not get SO much as the
value Of five-cent piece. [applausel and that
sum SO obtained by way Of REQUIREMENT against
thu award o: Geneva, Great Britain turned over
to Canada, who placed it in her treasury. where
it IN held as o fund out of which bounties are
annually paid to the fishermen that are preying
upon American fisheries and American COM
merce. So, Mr. President, do not think any
American need to be deferred under any
circumstances by any fear or threat or up
prehension Of saying exactly what he
thinks ut all times and in oil places and
under oil circumstances about the conduct
Of Great Britain toward Ireland. Your chair.
man has well said that we do not appear rs the
advocates Of violence or disorder. The true
Irishmen Of this country are not Anarchists.
nor Socialists, Nihilists. Their allegiance is
due not to the red flag, but to that bright ban
ner that hangs above us, which is the emblem
of the glory and the symbol of the undying
honor of their adopted country. Applause
No. sir! This meeting IL no Indictment to dy-
Mantle flaughter], to the bomb or the dagger Of
the assassin. The cause Of Irish liberty was
indefinitely retarded by the assassination Of
Cavendish; 1t was greatly delayed by the ex-
plosion Of the bomb in the Parliament house
at London-and explosions that made nations
quake and monarchs tremble in their capitals,
but Great Britain should not fail to remember
that when the appeal to the sword has failed
tho r,oht ~ revniution ,orno,,., Ta,,,ou..